# Fractures at The Gutterman Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020076937` · 7/23/2020 · LAKE CORMORANT, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** The Gutterman Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 4165 Poplar Corner Road, LAKE CORMORANT, MISSISSIPPI, 38641
- **NAICS:** 238170
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing a house for gutter installation. The employee got off a ladder and stepped onto the porch roof to remove shingle strips. He then fell 9 to 10 feet off the roof, landing on the lawn and breaking his right femur.

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